WARLEY (GREAT) is a long scattered village, from 2 to 3 miles S. ofBrentwood, and its parish increased its population from 596 souls in 1841, to 952 in 1851, and to 1215 in 1861. It contains 2653A. 2R. 11P. of land, having a heavy soil on a clay bottom, and giving rise to two sources of the rivulet which flows to Purfleet. It includes Warley Street, Cley Tye, and Warley Common, and is fertile and well cultivated. The surface is picturesquely undulated, and the view from Warley Gap is one of the most extensive in the county. Lord Headley (a Scotch peer) is lord ofthe manor, which belonged to the Abbess of Barking before the Conquest, and afterwards to the Gonsons, Evelyns, and Harts. One of the latter sold it in 1669, to Rowland Winne, an ancestor of the present owner. S. R. G. Francis, Esq. , owns Warley Franks, and other parts of the parish belong to St. Thomas’s Hospital, Mr. John Cross, and several other proprietors. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. Great Warley Place is the seat of Fredk. Francis, Esq.; and Warley House, sometimes called Hill House, is the seat of the Rev. J. F. H. English, LL.D. The Parish Church (St. Mary) is a small ancient fabric, but it was restored in 1858, when a new chancel and tower were erected. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £14, and now at £404, is in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and incumbency ofthe Rev. H. Robinson, D.D., who has a good residence and 14A. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1838, for £523 per annum.
CHRIST CHURCH, at the north end of Warley parish, about 1½ mile S.W. of Brentwood, is a district church for the adjacent parts of Great Warley, South Weald, and Shenfield parishes. It is a neat fabric, and was erected, with a parsonage and school, in 1854-5, by subscription. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued at £135 per annum, arising chiefly from the endowment of Miss Clay.
The patronage is in Trustees, and the Rev. T. H. Bunbury, B.A., is the incumbent. Near Christ Church is Warley Cemetery, which was opened in 1850, and contains about two acres. Half of it (and one ofthe two chapels) is consecrated. It has cost about £1300, borrowed by the Burial Board.
GREAT WARLEY PARISH.
POST OFFICE at J. Crossingham’s. Letters via Brentwood. There is also a Post Office at Warley Common
Ballance Rev. Josiah D. curate
Bennett John, gardener
Bonham Miss Sarah
Clay Miss
Bunbury Rev. Thos. Henry, B.A. incumbent of Christ Church
Burridge Rev. Thos. W. army chaplain.
Byford John, coal dealer
Charles Mrs
Cross Miss Sarah
Cross William, assistant overseer
Daldy Edward Mee, coal merchant
Daws Jas. gardener
Foulks Mrs
Earwaker Henry, collector
English Rev. John Francis Hawker, LL.D. surrogate and incumbent of Brentwood, Warley House
Estgate My. Mtlda.
Gorton Mr C. Francis Fredk. Esq. Warley Place
Hammond Jno. builder & contractor
Henfree Mr Rt.
Matts Mr William
Higgin Edward, Esq. Warley Elms
Hill Thomas, brewer and contractor
Hitchcock Geo. wheelwright & smith
Hobson Joseph, army outfitter
Kinch Francis, druggist, &c.
Knight John, bricklayer
Mott George, registrar at Cemetery
Remfrey Wm. Henry, schoolmaster
Robinson Rev. Hastings, D.D. rector, rural dean, and canon of Rochester
Rush William, parish clerk
Sullivan Sergeant Major Robert
Surflen Mrs
Taylor Sus. school
Tubbs Mr William
Turvey Mr Isaac
Wallis Mrs Penelope, Hulmers
Walsh Thomas, basket maker
Whitehead Mr Jonathan
Wingrave William, blacksmith
Wright Georgiana, school
INNS AND TAVERNS.
Fox, William Foker
Headley Arms, Robert Day
Prince Albert, Geo. Augustus Hesse
Soldiers’ Hope, Sarah Parker
Thatchers’ Arms, William Whitby
BEERHOUSES .
Barnard Thomas
Burls William
Dean John
Earthy Richard
Ives W. Downing
Ward Sarah Ann
BAKERS.
Cole William Alfred
Seabrook William
BOOT & SHOE MKS.
Alderton Thomas
Barnard Richard
Burrows William
Cook John
Crow Jno. Bullen
BUTCHERS .
Barnard Thomas
Meadway Robert
FARMERS .
Cole George
Coppen Isaac
Dennis Geo. Hall
Williams John & Sar. Christ Church
Francis Saml. Rd. School
Haws Daniel
Jiggins Samuel
Knightsbridge Thomas
Parker James
Parker Susan
ParsonJohn,jun.
Pinchon John P.
Pizzi Jph. Anto.
Thompson John
CARPENTERS & Builders .
Hammond John
Mayhew Edward
Norfolk Jas. Rt.
Weal William
Woods William
Grocers &c,
Cole William Alfred
Crossingham Jn.
Cudby William
Dean John
Mace Isaac
Peawrie Emma
Perry Elizabeth
TAILORS.
Boeock William
Haselton Joseph
Stevens George
TRAINS, &c. from Brentwood